Editing Kihara potential

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The '''Kihara potential''' was developed by Taro Kihara in 1951 (Ref. 1) and was inspired by the [[Lennard-Jones model]]. It is given by 


:<math>U(\rho)=U_0 \left[\frac{m}{n-m}\left(\frac{\rho_{0}}{\rho}\right)^n-\frac{n}{n-m}\left(\frac{\rho_{0}}{\rho}\right)^m\right], ~~~ n>m>3.</math>


where ''U'' is the [[intermolecular pair potential]], and <math>\rho</math> is the intermolecular distance.
==References==
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1143/JPSJ.6.289 Taro Kihara "The Second Virial Coefficient of Non-Spherical Molecules", Journal of the Physical Society of Japan '''6''' pp. 289-296 (1951)]
#T. Kihara "Convex molecules in gaseous and crystalline states", Advances in Chemical Physics '''5''' pp.  147-188 (1963)
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0009-2614(91)80253-T  Carlos Vega and Santigo Lago  "Improved perturbation theory of Kihara fluids", Chemical Physics Letters   '''185''' pp.  516-521 (1991)]
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/j100197a055 Carlos Vega, Santiago Lago, Enrique De Miguel, and Luis F. Rull "Liquid-vapor equilibria of linear Kihara molecules", Journal of Physical Chemistry '''96''' pp. 7431-7437 (1992)]
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.473473 L. G. MacDowell, B. Garzón, S. Calero, and S. Lago "Dynamical properties and transport coefficients of Kihara linear fluids", Journal of Chemical Physics '''106''' pp. 4753- (1997)]
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.68.011704      A. Cuetos, B. Martínez-Haya,  S. Lago and L. F. Rull "Liquid crystal behavior of the Kihara fluid", Physical Review E '''68''' 011704 (2003)]
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